Neck-yoke



1 3M 16 J WK 6120a Geo Gl. T760 mm.

F. W. KLINE 82: G. G. THOMAS.

NBGK YOKE.

(No Model.)

No. 487,277. Patented D90. 6, 1892.

7 NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK IV. KLINE AND GEORGE G. THOMAS, OF EDISON, OHIO.

N EC K-YOKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,277, dated December6, 1892.

Application filed Juno 2, 1892. Serial No. 435,309. (No model.)

To wZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FRANK W. KLINE and GEORGE G. THOMAS, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Edison, in the county of Morrow and Stateof Ohio, have invented a new and useful Neck-Yoke, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inneck-yokes, and it has special reference to means for attaching theneck-yoke to the end of a pole; and it consists of the construction andarrangement of parts thereof, as will be more fully hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the attachment of theneck-yoke to the end of a pole by a construction of parts which issimple and effective, strong and durable, easily handled, and readilyunderstood.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a pole, showing theimproved construction in connection therewith. Fig. 2 isa centrallongitudinal vertical section of a portion of the pole and the improveddevice. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the parts of the deviceremoved from the neck-yoke and the pole and disconnected from eachother.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to designate correspondingparts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the pole, and 2theneck-yoke. To the end of the pole is fitted an elongated thimble orsleeve 8, which is preferably constructed of metal and has a projection3*, with obliquely-arranged sides, to form an arm 4 at the front endthereof, which is flattened and has an opening therethrough, as at 5. Onthe neck-yoke is fitted a sleeve 6, having rearwardly-projecting arms orears 7, which embrace the flattened portions 5 of the arm 4 and arepivotally connected thereto. By

this means the neck-yoke is permitted to have a free lateral movement,but is sustained in free vertical position and prevented from falling ormoving above or below the ends of said arms 4.

The construction of the device herein set forth is simple, strong, anddurable, and the thimble or sleeve, with its projection and arm, may beformed from a suitable metal and by preferred means. The device alsoprovides for readily connecting the parts of the harness to theneck-yoke by virtue of the position of the latter in a horizontal plane.Furthermore, the lines are prevented from catching on the end of thepole and the device en tire may be readily and quickly applied to anyform of pole now in use.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In aneck-yoke, the combination of a sleeve or thimble fitted over the frontend of a pole and having a front tapered end of increased thickness andof quadrangular pyramidal form, from the center of which horizontallyprojects a flat arm or extension witha vertical opening therethrough,and a sleeve mounted on the neck-yoke and having rearwardly-extendinghorizontal arms spaced apart and embracing and pivoted to the aforesaidarm or extension, thereby holding the neck-yoke at a distance from theend of the pole and sustaining it in a horizontal position, and thefront end of the sleeve or thimble reinforcing the same against Wear andfracture, the rear ends of the said horizontal arms being rounded andlocated in advance of the lower termination of the quadrangularpyramidal center, and the pivot connecting said parts, extending throughthe same, and headed on both ends, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK W. KLINE. GEORGE G. THOMAS.

WVitnesses:

O. M. KLINE, I. T. MCLAIN.

